IAM District 751 Chief of Staff Jason Chan, a leader and advocate for the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) at local and national levels and Washington state and county labor councils, has received the APALA Art Takei Leadership Award. The award is given to individuals who have contributed significantly to the Asian-Pacific American labor movement. Chan
Read moreIAM members came from across Texas to speak with IAM Committee on the Future members in three listening sessions held on July 25 at District 776 in Fort Worth. The listening sessions were led by Committee on the Future members representing different levels of the Eastern Territory (local, district and grand lodge): District 60 Auditor/Local
Read moreFive IAM members recently had the chance to meet President Biden during his visit to Maine. The president was in Auburn, Maine, to deliver economic remarks and sign an “Invent in Here, Make it Here” executive order on federal research and development supporting domestic manufacturing. Maine State Council of Machinists President Mark Vigliotta was among
Read moreA strategic organizing initiative between the IAM Organizing Department and the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) has netted more than 1,000 new members within NFFE, Federal District 1, located across multiple states, agencies, and sectors, in the last year. This impressive membership growth is the product of multiple organizing drives – some of them
Read moreAlmost a year ago, President Biden signed into law The Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, the most significant expansion of benefits and services for toxic-exposed veterans in more than 30 years. The PACT Act has expanded and extended eligibility for permanent Veterans Affairs (VA) health care and benefits for millions of veterans who may have been
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